Porsche gives the Panamera a much needed butt-lift courtesy of the Panamera Sport Turismo

Porsche's Panamera may get a lot of flak for being a bit "troubled" in the styling department (specifically, it's rear-end), but that hasn't stopped the vehicle from becoming German sports/luxury brand's best-selling model.

Since the Panamera is a sales and financial success, Porsche is looking to refine the design a bit more with the Panamera Sport Turismo. The Panamera Sport Turismo fixes the ass-end of the original by turning it into a full "shooting brake" or “wagon” for U.S. folks. The fresh styling makes the Panamera Sport Turismo look like a badass grocery getter that would take on the likes of the Mercedes-Benz CLS Shooting Brake.

Naturally, being a concept car, the Panamera Sport Turismo features an advanced powertrain with an eye on fuel efficiency. It uses a more powerful variant of the hybrid system already found in the current Panamera S Hybrid and the Cayenne S Hybrid. It features a supercharged V6 engine that generates 333hp that is paired with a 95hp electric motor -- total system output is listed at 416hp.

Even with 416hp on tap, don't expect the Panamera Sport Turismo to be chasing down 911s any time soon -- Porsche lists the 0-60 time of the vehicle as "sub 6 seconds". The vehicle can travel up to 18 miles on battery power alone and can hit 80 mph in pure electric mode.

Porsche says that the Panamera Sport Turismo is just a concept at this point, but all we can say is: "BUILD IT!"

But why? Even now hybrids make up like only 4% of all vehicle sales. People just don't care about hybrids! If they wanted to "highlight" this vehicle, especially a Porsche, wouldn't the turbo have more buzz?

See what I mean? It's like the world doesn't make sense anymore! I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!! :P

It's just marketing Rec. Green is the new buzzword and Porsche just like everyone else is riding that pony for all it's worth. Honestly, I don't see the point in them making a hybrid at all considering their own lack of sales in that department and the fact their lineup is pretty fuel efficient as is.

It's a reliability thing. Saying you won Le Mans with insert technology here used to mean that it was ready for prime time full production. If it didn't break at Le Mans, it's not going to break on your grocery run or commute. The problem is now, the average age of cars on the road is getting older and older, so it's just sheer years that's causing failures, rather than abuse, lack of maintenance, or bad designs. Almost all cars are reliable the first five to ten years on the road.

Put simply, the world is not upside down. Porche is taking a technology, which has been proven as a benefit and is adapting it to it's cars, which will be the same as any other car manufacturer, including "purist" manufacturers.

You have clearly accepted that Porche are not a "purist" sports car manufacturer anymore, so why is it such an "upside down" idea to suggest they might use hybrid technology?

F1 & Le Mans are examples that demonstrate the success (or grown pair) of hybrid technology. It would be foolish for any car company to ignore hybrid technology as a gimmick, even "Purist" car manufacturers. I'm sure Ferrari will pop out a hybrid or electric car eventually. It will be the future...deal with it.

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